The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-02
Charleston Cleans.


The letter carriers have resumed their Old
anti-hot wave schedule.
Upward of a dozen all-night prayer
meetings were in progress Wednesday night
in different parts of the city. The partlci-
pants were all colored people, who have a
very vivid recollection of the events OF the
night of Aug. 81, 1856. Some of the meet
ings were held in the churches, but most OF
them were conducted out-of-doors IN vacant
lots. No white religious meetings were held
as far as known.
The conveyance of the extensive guard
house, property to the United States govern
ment has been completed, and the papers
were recorded in the mesne conveyance Of
flee Wednesday. 1t will require from two to
three months to perfect the plans for the
new post office and court rooms, and the
city will have the use of the premises dur
ing this time. The new station house will
be completed and occupied in November
next. A small sum of the purchase money
has been left in the United States Treasury,
pending the settlement of novel claim of
ownership in part OF the west wall OF the
guard house stables.
Netcs and Courier: A prominent rice
factor, who was asked yesterday to give
his opinion, based, of course. upon informa-
tion received from his correspondents, stated
that the outlook for rice this season was
very encouraging. In the year lSS6-87, he
said the receipts of rough rice were as fol-
lows at the points named: At Wilmington,
1000 bushels; at Georgetown. 2S1 ,432
bushels; at Charleston, 6S6, III bushels The
mills here pounded 50, G63 barrels. As far as
his Information went he thought that the
present crop would not be less than last
years, eithar in North Carolina, South Car
DINA or Georgia Every day, he said, the
edvicuS from the crops on the Savannah
river were bettor. At first il was reported
that the entire crop had been destroyed. but
now it appears that this Is not the case. Let
tiers every day show that the damage is not
as great as was at first intinated The
rice on the Pee Dee, Waccnmaw, North
Santee, Cooper, Combahee and Ashepoo
rivers was reported to be in splendid condi-
ton, and, barring September gale, there
was every reason to believe that the coming
crop would certainly equal and perhaps ex-
coed the crop of last year.
Maj. c. f. Hard, who left Charleston for
his new home in Bessemei, yesterday after
noon, was presented, Wednesday, with a
handsome gold wa ch and chain, token of
the esteem of his friends and admirers. The
presentation was made by Capt Simeon
Hyde, a lifelong friend and fellow-solder
CT Maj Hard The watch is inscribed as
follows: Presented to Mai c. f. Hard by
his Charleston friends, Sept. 1, 1887" The
chain is what is known as a "cablen chain,
with anchors and a compass, pleasant re-
hinder to the recipient of his salt water as
sociations. Maj. Hard goes to Bessemer,
Ala, to assume the duties of secretary of
the Carolina Real Estate Company. AT a
recent meeting of tho directors, Capt. Hyde
was elected treasurer of the company to
fill the vacancy caused by Maj. Hards
resignation of that office. The Caro-
lima Real Estate Company, by
the way, is almost entirely a Charleston
corporation, although its operations are con-
fined to the new city of Bessemer. The
which time the city of Bessemer existed on
paper only. The capital stock, $500, 900, was
subscribed, with the exception Of about
$4,000, entirely in Charleston. The corpo-
ration consists of the following persons: w.
NJ. Wallace, G. L. BUST, Rawlins TIowndes,
G. r. Miles, C. F. Hard, Samuel Lord, j.
A. Yates Simeon Hyde, B. Mantoue, A. 7.
Smythe, S. V. Stewart, David Roberts,
Harvey Cogswell, A. L. Anderson and H.
H. DeLeon, of Charleston, and A. j.. Arm
strong, of Birmingham, Ala.